Lunar "X"

[geppetto]

The lunar "X" feature was predicted to appear last night on the terminator

so set up the DOB with Nikon 5400 afocal 40mm eyepiece to hide in wait

Sadly the clouds rolled in (cant be greedy ) so had to shoot it through

a fairly thick covering of mist.

Still, I got it for my image library all be it a bit hazy

[geppetto]

this is a new one on me

To be honest, it was to me until a guy mentioned it on another forum.

It occurs near to the crater Werner and on a particular day of the month at a particular time,

the sunlight catches the tops of some craters right on the terminator and lights up an "X" formation.

Its a lovely sight through the eyepiece as the "X" seems to hang out in space on the very edge of

the terminator 8)

Shame the clouds misted up my image but there's next time

[OXO]

Here ya go a Re-Edit for you see what ya fink! 8)

Yes Lunar X is something to be proud of mate observed it a few times myself not sure i have an image of it though but i'll check

Great Stuff!

James

[CELESCOPE]

great image there Phil and a nice re-edit , if its ok with you Phil i would like to submit that one to the blog section when i get home . is that ok

Rog

[geppetto]

Blog away Rog

[moondog]

Phil

Excellent image, clouds or no clouds- I will have to keep my eye out for the 'X' in future.

Keep up the good work

MD

[Mick.G.]

Nice one Phil.

Going to have to get myself a descent reference map/book.

It seems there's more info than meets the eye!

Mick

[lunator]

Phil

Great image mate.

I didn't know about the Lunar X. I was photoing the Moon a bit last night but I think I was taking images too far South.

Let us know when the next appearance is.

Cheers

Ian

[geppetto]

Ian

According to the predictions a guy posted on another forum, there is one on

03 Jun 2021 to 2325 UT ...if the sky is dark enough...

Will try to find out how he calculates the predictions but it might be over my head :oops:

[Darron]

That is something new for me to view, thanks for the info.

Darron